# Amputations at Winco Masonry LP
> OSHA SIR `2017010757` · 1/24/2017 · SPRING, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Winco Masonry LP
- **Location:** 4200 Falls Lake Dr., SPRING, TEXAS, 77386
- **NAICS:** 238140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was transporting a scaffold section from the hall of a school under construction to a bathroom to begin masonry work. The employee had his hand against the wall as he was waiting to erect the scaffold. Another employee slid a section of the scaffold down to the injured employee. At that point the section slid down and amputated the employee's left pinky fingertip.

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